COLUMN: Alabama athletic director leaves lasting legacy

12:11 AM,
Apr. 1, 2013

Written by

Patrick Ferlise
American Sports Writer

An athletic director regarded with pope-like significance, Mal Moore was a man known and loved by current and former students of the University of Alabama.

A strong leader with a passion for football, Moore helped shape the school's athletics department into a world-class program with boundless notoriety.

But time seemed to stop Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., as Duke University Medical Center officials announced that the long-time Crimson Tide administrator had died of pulmonary complications. Moore was 73, and left behind a legacy that will forever be etched in college football ...